True crime stories & great mysteries

Mystery & True Crime Stories is a website about the most puzzling mysteries of the past, as well as controversial theories. Here you'll find the most puzzling crime mysteries, the greatest mysteries of history, some of the interesting controversial theories and unexplained phenomena. Of course, some of them might be hoaxes, some of them might have a trivial explanation, but it is always a fun to stumble upon a puzzle or mystery that still needs to be solved.


True crime stories

Kidnapping of Lindbergh baby mystery

Kidnapping of Lindbergh baby

The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr, son of famous American aviator Charles Lindbergh, was one of the first big trials that gathered massive media coverage. The 20-months-old...


The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine mystery

The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine

The Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine or Lost Dutchman’s Mine is a legendary rich gold mine hidden somewhere in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. Although the exact location is not even roughly known...


Hinterkaifeck Murders mystery

Hinterkaifeck Murders

A small farm outside the Ingolstadt in Germany, was the place of mysterious murder. Six months earlier the maid left her position stating that the house was haunted, later the residents...


Bestseller from David Baldacci - FBI Agent tries to find the serial killer, but the prime suspect is already in a prison

Long Road to Mercy
Bestseller from David Baldacci - FBI Agent tries to find the serial killer, but the prime suspect is already in a prison


Great mysteries

UFO sightings mystery

UFO sightings

When we talk about UFO, we often forget that UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object, which not necessarily means that those objects have to be made by humans or aliens - they just...


Mary Celeste mystery

Mary Celeste

In 1872, in the middle of the Atlantic, the ship Marie Celeste was found abandoned by the crew. The ship was undamaged, there were no signs of any kind of violence on board, and the...


Easter Island mystery

Easter Island

Rapa Nui, the Easter Island, still hides many mysteries - from the origins of its inhabitants to rongorongo script and famous moai statues.


Dyatlov Pass incident mystery

Dyatlov Pass incident

Dyatlov Pass incident involves the mysterious deaths of 9 tourists in the northern Ural Mountains on the night of February 2, 1959. The incident happened at night and there were no...





Controversial theories

Smolensk air crash mystery

Smolensk air crash

During a trip to annual ceremonies marking the anniversary of the Katyn Massacre (when during the World War II over 20,000 Polish officers, previously kept captive, were killed by NKVD...


JFK assassination mystery

JFK assassination

American president John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot while visiting Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. The official version is that he was shot by a single, obviously insane, shooter...


9/11 attacks mystery

9/11 attacks

Two planes full of passengers hit the twin towers of World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, starting one of the most mysterious conspiracy theories in history. At 8:46 AM, five...


Moon landing conspiracy mystery

Moon landing conspiracy

After Apollo 11 was shown landing on the Moon on July 20th 1969 as the first manned mission, instantly the conspiracy theories popped up that it was just a staged show for the public and Russians.



Unexplained phenomena

Beast of Gevaudan mystery

Beast of Gevaudan

Wolf-like creature (or creatures) that terrorized the French province of Gevaudan in the 18th century. Over 100 people were killed by the Beast of Gevaudan, but still, we have no idea...


Dyatlov Pass incident mystery

Dyatlov Pass incident

Dyatlov Pass incident involves the mysterious deaths of 9 tourists in the northern Ural Mountains on the night of February 2, 1959. The incident happened at night and there were no...


UFO sightings mystery

UFO sightings

When we talk about UFO, we often forget that UFO stands for Unidentified Flying Object, which not necessarily means that those objects have to be made by humans or aliens - they just...


Ghost stories mystery

Ghost stories

Ghost stories are part of human culture - even in the Dark Ages, our predecessors believed that we’re not actually dying when our body dies. The spirit, the soul or some other form...



Crime and mystery movies

Lucia de B. 2014 mystery movie

Lucia de B. 2014

Alienated nurse in one of the hospitals becomes a prime suspect in investigation for deaths of several infants that were under her care.


The Silence 2010 mystery movie

The Silence 2010

A former police detective learns about a crime very similar to a case he worked on 20 years earlier and is convinced they are linked, but to prove it, he needs to start a private investigation.


The Best Offer 2013 mystery movie

The Best Offer 2013

Elderly art expert takes up a new job cataloging the large art collection for mysterious woman he haven’t seen.


Agnes of God 1985 mystery movie

Agnes of God 1985

Down-to-earth psychiatrist is assigned to investigate the case of novice in one of the convents, who gave birth to a child, but can’t remember the pregnancy nor the birth.



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